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Correspondence of Governor Sharp e, 243
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[Bouquet to Sharpe.]
2nd Letter
Reas Town Camp 23d Augl 1758.
Sir
I was favoured wth your Letter of the 1 3th Instl Sir John.did
not answer the former of the 28th July, for want of an oppor-
tunity
He is upon the Road over the Allegheny, and I shall
acquaint him of the agreable mistake for the Corn :
I hear by Col. Washington that you are expected at Cum-
berland, and Wish I was at Liberty to pay you my Respects
there: The General is still at Shippensburg, or coming, and
in better health than he had been for Six Weeks. If your
affairs could permit you to come here. It would be very agre-
able to him and to us all :
We have very agreable accounts from F.... no new
Works, no great Reinforcement.
I am wth the greatest Regard
Sir
Your most obedl &
most hble Servant
Henry Bouquet
To His Excellency
Govr Sharpe.
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[Sharpe to Forbes.]
Fort Frederick the 24th of August 1758.
St
I am now to acknowledge the Receit of Your Letter of
Yesterday's Date together with the Letters & Papers that
were inclosed therein by which I find that Doctor Ross has
been arrested & is now in prison for having presented &
received money on some Bills which I took the Liberty to
draw on Mr Howell soon after I returned hither from Car-
lyle & which were drawn as I apprehended conformable to
what you & I agreed on when I had the pleasure of seeing
you. Inclosed you have Copies of those orders or Bills on Mr
Howell together with a Copy of my Letter to Mr Kilby of the
same Date the Letter was sent by the Post that passes every
Week between Winchester & Philaa but the orders were given
to Doctor Ross who went to Phila" on purpose to present
them & I begun to be much surprized that I had not heard
from him since he got thither. I am really much concerned
that Your Excellency's Indisposition should have prevented
Your sending Mr Howell Advice of Your having desired me to
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